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...t was not then, or, at least it ought not to have been, a trifling source of pride for the city of Blois, that Gaston of Orleans had chosen it as his ... ... next hawking-day. 5 Dumas So much for the ennui extra muros; of the ennui of the interior we will give the reader an idea if he will with us follow ... ...ight, perhaps not before the next morn- ing. Y et what is expectation but a kind of folly, and what is that folly but an excess of hope? In the lower ... ...aps ensue if your marriage fails” (Mazarin stole a furtive glance at the king), “and there are a thousand causes that might yet make your marriage fai... ...then these visits were indeed but short. But when once D’Artagnan found himself near the field of action, all other feelings but that of confidence di... ...ieur le surintendant of the finances to what extent English smug- gling is injurious to the French merchants. I shall enter ev- ery place, and see eve... ...f Planchet had known the details. Nothing was now left but arranging the general orders, and D’Artagnan gave them with precision. He enjoined his men ... ...f the Fronde, the reconciliation of M. de Conde with the king, and the probable marriage of the infanta of Spain; but he avoided, as Athos himself avo... ...t it must abdi- cate — be dissolved — and yield its place to a government which would not be a joke. Monk pronounced this decla- ration, supported by ...

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... countenance of his mur- derer elect a warning summons to place himself on guard. However, in the present ease, his destined victim was sup- posed to ... ...m now in the slow process of superseding it is, ‘my employer.’ Now, in the United States, such an expres- sion of democratic hauteur, though disagreea... ...n the slow process of superseding it is, ‘my employer.’ Now, in the United States, such an expres- sion of democratic hauteur, though disagreeable as ... ...f sea-board (stretching through twenty-four hundred miles) of the American United States; may enjoy fifty years for lei- surely repentance; and may ev... ...oard (stretching through twenty-four hundred miles) of the American United States; may enjoy fifty years for lei- surely repentance; and may even die ... ...on is, that he must have been a Cretan railroad, called The Great Circular Coast-Line, that carried my lords the judges on their circuits of jail-deli... ...ot bearing the technical name of theatre) were included. All these must be united to compose a build- ing such as that which received the vast audienc... ...our own.’ Johnson we may suppose, is some old ruffian well known upon that coast; and ‘faults’ may be a flash term for what the Americans call ‘notion... ...1 On which account, I am the more struck by the ignoble argument of those statesmen who have contended in the House of Commons that such and such cla...

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...nd we’re mixed up, ’tis true, well or ill; and we’re stronger, both of us, united than tearing to strips: and so, there, for the past! so long as we c... ...ending English lady contrasted with her husband so signally that the oddly united couple appeared yoked in a common harness for a perpetual display of... ...is; or there he seems to be; but he’s dead: and the fisherman off the west coast after dreaming of a magical haul, gets more fish than disappointment ... ... go to the window to see if the stars are out overhead. They’re my blessed guardian angels.’ 64 Celt and Saxon There was a pause. Philip broke from a... ...kets, I never saw out of a doll-shop, and never saw there. And their Horse Guards, weedy to a man! fit for a doll-shop they are, by my faith! And thei... ...is own colonel; he pretended to think inde- pendently, and tried to be the statesman of a leading article, and showed his intention to stem the curren... ...yond an allusion to an accident to John Mattock’s yacht off the Irish west-coast last autumn; but the Irishmen were subjected to some remarks by the E... ...the Cambrian Celt: names of Welshmen are numerous in the small army of the States of the Union; and where men take soldier-service they are usually fi... ...48 Celt and Saxon ‘It’s for a walk in the wind up Caer Gybi, and along the coast I mean to go,’ said Kathleen. ‘This morning?’ the captain asked her. ...

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...eave the pavement every step. To the south, however, is as fine a piece of coast scenery as I ever saw. Great black chasms, huge black cliffs, rug- ge... ...eep. MONDAY NIGHT. – The drums and fifes up in the Castle are sounding the guard-call through the dark, and there is a great rattle of carriages witho... ...hich you have heard already. After lunch, my father and I went down to the coast and walked a little way along the shore between Granton and Cramond. ... ...a very favourite walk. The Firth closes gradually together before you, the coast runs in a series of the most beautifully moulded bays, hill after hil... ...n change it. Y our anger I defy. Y our unmanly refer- ence to a well-known statesman I puff from me, sir, like so much vapour. Weg is your name; Weg. ... ...ile Club to this; I sleep with a man from Pennsylvania who has been in the States 110 The Letters of R. L. Stevenson: V ol. 1 Navy, and mess with him... ...ut with the bear flag and under Fremont when Cali- fornia was taken by the States. They are both true fron- tiersmen, and most kind and pleasant. Capt... ...ad it nearly all over again; you have no rivals! Bancroft’s History of the United States, even in a cente- nary edition, is essentially heavy fare; a ... ...long-shore story. As for the two members which you thought at first so ill-united; I confess they seem per- fectly so to me. I have chosen to sacrific...

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...tavus Adolphus. — Swedish Army. — Gustavus Adolphus takes his leave of the States at Stockholm. — Invasion by the Swedes. — Their progress in Germany.... ...by their adhesion, it on the other was indispens- able to their interests. States which hitherto scarcely concerned themselves with one another’s exis... ...hrough the Ref- ormation an attractive centre of interest, and began to be united by new political sympathies. And as through its influence new relati... ...een citizen and citizen, and be- tween rulers and subjects, so also entire states were forced by it into new relative positions. Thus, by a strange co... ...f Bohemia to the mouth of the Scheldt, and from the banks of the Po to the coasts of the Baltic, devastated whole countries, destroyed harvests, and r... ...n of the tenth and the twentieth penny, the See of Rome had never lost the United Netherlands. Princes fought in self-defence or for aggrandizement, w... ...y exertions against the ambition of Austria, or the States themselves have united so closely against the common enemy. The power of Austria never stoo... ...cellent harbour, and the short passage from it to the Swedish and Dan- ish coasts, peculiarly fitted it for a naval station in a war with these powers... ...rs’ War thing would be gained. The sea is wide, and we have a long line of coast in Sweden to defend. If the enemy’s fleet should escape us, or our ow...

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... we were once weak and divided. But when faced with injustice, the country united, fighting against all odds for the sake of peace and prosperity . Lu... ...was unheard of in Shakespeare’s time according to Roland Muschat Frye, who states, “This evil con- sists in Lady Macbeth’s usurping, as a wife, that c... ... first scene in the play depicts her abandoning her humanity, in which she states, “unsex me here” (1.5. 48); yet even upon the Dana Helsel Beaver – E... ... by the thought even before executing the plan. When considering Duncan he states, He’s here in double trust: First, as I am his kinsman and his subje... ...rievances.” ” ” ” ” This is the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America. This is the contract we have with our leaders to ... ...tect from anyone or anything that stands in its way. Recently, events have united the nation in a way that has not been seen in several years. We ofte... ...fore finally ending at the border in Pennsylvania, the most famous of East Coast trails. “The cliffs!” he said keeping his voice to a hushed shout as ... ...had to have a degree to make a respectable living. Richard enlisted in the Coast Guard shortly after completing high school and was a veteran in the K... ... have a degree to make a respectable living. Richard enlisted in the Coast Guard shortly after completing high school and was a veteran in the Korean ...

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...have set people thinking on the divisions of races and nations. Such thoughts should arise with particular congruity and force to inhabitants of that United Kingdom, peopled from so many different stocks, babbling so many different dialects, and offering in its extent such singular contrasts, from the busiest over-population to the unkindliest desert, from the Black Countr...

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... should arise with particular congru- ity and force to inhabitants of that United Kingdom, peopled from so many different stocks, babbling so many dif... ...merica, through the greater South Sea Islands, in India, along much of the coast of Africa, and in the ports of China and Japan, is still to be heard,... ... in half a hundred vary- ing stages of transition. You may go all over the States, and – setting aside the actual intrusion and influence of foreigner... ...ohn Bull, but he is tarred with the English stick. For Mr. Grant White the States are the New England States and nothing more. He wonders at the amoun... ...is used over the most of the great Union as a term of reproach. The Yankee States, of which he is so staunch a subject, are but a drop in the bucket. ... ...mmon provocations. A Scotchman may tramp the better part of Europe and the United States, and never again receive so vivid an impression of foreign tr... ...o may some cadet of Royal Ecossais or the Albany Regi- ment, as he mounted guard about French citadels, so may some officer marching his company of th... ...res of the landscape. Sail- ors and shepherds, and the people generally of coast and mountain, talk well of it; and it is often excitingly presented i... ...ree-cocked hats were playing bowls. A friend of mine preferred the Malabar coast in a storm, with a ship beating to windward, and a scowling fellow of...